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Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Wed Mar 18 13:55:36 2015, in response to Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal, posted by terRAPIN station on Wed Mar 18 13:27:08 2015. Commuters want the one-seat ride into New York - it gives them the option of walking once they're there, and the majority of people on that 7 would be forced to stand. If you're familiar with the core passenger on the Route 9 corridor in NJ, those people will not settle for such a transfer... they actually feel they are entitled to the exact same seat on the bus every day.If all the NJ commuter buses currently using the PABT transferred their passengers to an extended 7 in Secaucus, what happens if there's a problem on the 7? Secaucus Junction isn't equipped to handle that volume, and sending all those buses to Manhattan with no PABT would become the nightmare the original PABT was built to avoid. And what happens to the long-distance carriers? Do Greyhound and Peter Pan also transfer in Secaucus, or do they wander the streets like Megabus and Bolt? Like the Express Bus Lane the building eventually led to creating, the PABT is a victim of its own success. The expansion to 42nd street should have been their first clue to plan a new/larger facility 30 years ago. |
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